NewPages Guide to
Indie Bookstores in Pennsylvania

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Whistlestop Bookshop is a independent book store that believes if you are going to be small, you may as well be interesting. We handpick our books, we specialize in customer service above and beyond the call of duty, and we strive to make every visit worthwhile.

We are an independent full service book store (both retail and wholesale) and cafe. Personalized professional service is our focus. Finding whatever book you seek—or at the very least, its status—is our specialty. Let us help with your literary needs!

Gently Used Books is located in the Douglassville Shopping Center in Douglassville, PA. We have over 100,000 books! In addition to our store, we also ship books anywhere in the USA! Visit our website for more details and valuable coupons!

Booktenders is an independently owned, full-service children's bookstore specializing in providing quality literature and children's programs for children from birth through age 13.

As the name implies the Quadrant Book Mart & Coffee House is a flawless combination of the quintessential used book store and cafe. We are a diverse bookstore with titles in dozens of categories. We carry reading copies of thousands of titles as well as collectible and rare volumes.

Let's Play Books! is a small children's bookstore with books and some toys/games for ages infant through Young Adult. We may not have every book, but we do have a selection of hand picked titles and can always help you find the right book. We also offer a ton of programs and events: author visits, story times, play/game times, art/activities, and general silliness.

Now and Then Books is a bookstore featuring gently used and collectible books. We are located at 56 South 4th Street, (Corner of 4th and Broad St.) Emmaus, Pennsylvania. We sell used fiction of all flavors, including science fiction & fantasy, horror, mysteries & thrillers, children's & young adult, romance, contemporary fiction & literature, mass-market paperbacks, trade paperbacks, hardcovers, audiobooks, and collectibles. We also carry a small selection of new books and a variety of gift items for booklovers.

Northwest PA's biggest used book, comic book, and gaming store!

Werner Books is a new and used bookstore. We also offer a paperback exchange program that allows you to bring in your previously read paperbacks and earn credit towards your next purchase of used books.

We are a community-oriented bookshop nestled in the Eagleview Town Center. Visit us for new, used and rare books, delicious coffee and personalized recommendations.

We are a history bookstore in historic downtown Gettysburg. We specialize in military history.

We are a locally-owned family business. Please stop in to see us for some great deals on books and more. In addition to new releases and best sellers, we have a huge selection of new bargain books that are ticketed at 40% to 80% off list price.

Great coffee and a large variety of books, with special orders too. Stop in for a delicious sandwich, fresh salad, or hot bowl of soup to go along with your delicious drink while you shop for your favorite new book.

Award-winning independent booksellers since 2011. New, used, and rare books.

CBW carries books for children from infancy through high school, as well as an eclectic selection of books for grown-ups. We love working with you and your children. We are always happy to order any in-print book you need

Welcome to the booklover's bookstore, where you'll find an ever-changing selection of over 60,000 new and used titles to lift the mind and stir the soul at the lowest prices imaginable. You name it, we've got it! From new releases and bestsellers to counter-culture classics, hard-to-find titles, textbooks, antiquarian beauties and backlogs of your favorite authors - all at prices so low - you can create your own economic stimulus plan!

We are a locally owned family business. Please stop in to see us for some great deals on books and more. In addition to new releases and best sellers, we have a huge selection of new bargain books that are ticketed at 40% to 80% off list price.

All of our books are donated by the community and the proceeds support the Kennett Area Senior Center.

Located in downtown Kutztown, Firefly Bookstore is an independently-owned and operated new and used bookstore. We carry a great selection of titles including large sections of children's books, general fiction, sci-fi, religion & metaphysics, cooking, history and biography. 

DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare bookstore, and art gallery. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, unusual paper, music and images since 1991. We feature a full size gallery space where we feature dynamic exhibits of local and regional artists, open poetry readings, and author appearances and readings.

Opened in 2002, Character Development is a brick & mortar bookstore featuring children’s books for babies through young adults. We offer all genres of fiction and nonfiction with an emphasis on education, the arts, science, nature, and people, places & cultures. We also have a wide range of toys and educational items that complement our books and foster a child’s desire to read, play, explore, imagine, and create, while also promoting a lifelong reverence for people, animals, and the environment.

A general interest bookstore with a forward-thinking attitude, smart selection, and a warm, inviting atmosphere.

Celebrating 25 years of serving mystery lovers everywhere we're an independent bookshop located in the small town of Oakmont, PA. While our first love is the mystery genre, we've begun to expand our general interest and children's books sections. We also host a wide range of author events throughout the city of Pittsburgh.

Diverse books for a diverse community. We ship special orders Mondays and Thursdays, and everything in stock with our distributor will come in the next day.

Bindlestiff Books is a volunteer-run neighborhood bookstore in West Philadelphia, with a carefully selected array of new and discounted (but still new) books. We have children’s books, literary fiction, graphic novels, art, cookbooks, history, labor studies, politics, and much more. We’re at 4530 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19143, just two blocks from Clark Park.

Book Corner was established in 1991 as a program of the Friends of the Free Library of Philadelphia, an independent not-for-profit organization whose mission is to advocate for library services for city residents in every neighborhood. We offer an eclectic selection of new, rare, out-of-print, and quality used, publicly donated books.

The Book Trader is located right in the heart of Old City, across from the historic Christ Church. We specialize in used and hard to find books.

Come in and browse our beautiful selection of children's books, literature, poetry, art books, graphic novels, rare and limited edition ephemera, and much more. A place to discover wonderful books and hidden gems. Specializing in lovely or rare editions and artfully-created books.

There's no better place to see the breadth and depth of LGBT culture. Our staff has, collectively, more than 100 years' experience with our books, magazines, and movies. Our regular announcements of new books and movies comprise the most up to date and complete listings of materials in our subjects available anywhere. Our website, broken into lesbian, gay, transgender, and bisexual sections, organizes by year and subject (fiction, parenting, etc.) almost all the books we've received going back about five years.

Straddling two historic Philadelphia communities, Society Hill and Queen Village, Head House Books was founded in 2005 because we believe no community is complete without the inspiration and idea exchange that only a locally owned, independent bookstore can provide. 

Established in 1951, Joseph Fox Bookshop is a general independent bookstore in the beautiful Rittenhouse Square area of downtown Philadelphia.

50,000+ used books, DVDs, CDs, lps fill a series of 19th century workshops one block from South Street, and a few blocks from Independence Hall. We swap books.

One of Philly's oldest indie bookstores, we have been selling books with a special emphasis on scholarly titles since 1962. Our knowledgeable staff will help you find the book you want. If we don't have it in stock, we will be happy to order it for you!

Since 1987, Pilothouse Nautical Books and Charts has served the informational needs of the yachtsman, the fisherman, and the professional mariner, and all people who have an interest in ships, boats, and the sea.

Manayunk's neighborhood bookshop selling new, used, and weird books.

Ulises is a bookshop and curatorial platform dedicated to artists' books and independent art publications.

We buy and sell used books and records as well as carrying cards and gifts and new books too.

Used books and new music in Pittsburgh, PA.

Acclaimed Pittsburgh bookstore with storied past seeks full- and part-time readers for an enduring relationship with books. Optional world and time travel. Curiosity, diversity, and humor recommended. Experience with words preferred but not required. Be prepared to lose yourself in our pages. Start immediately.

Specializing in books in translation and world literature. 

Classic Lines is the place in Squirrel Hill for buying new and used books, vintage housewares, home decor, fine art, gifts, gardenalia, and more.

Nine Stories is a new and used bookstore in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Rickert & Beagle Books is a strangely perfect used and new bookstore in Pittsburgh, PA. Founded by Chris Rickert and named for her and her friend Peter S Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn and Summerlong.

New and used books in Bloomfield.

Since 1929, the Penguin Bookshop has been a fixture in the heart of Sewickley, PA. We offer an extensive collection of books for all ages, as well as journals, cards, newspapers, and magazines. We're proud to be an independent bookstore, a vibrant part of the Sewickley community, and a great literary resource for the Pittsburgh region. We host many book signings for visiting authors, local book clubs, and additional community events. We hold a weekly Children's Storytime. A full listing of Penguin events can be found on our website.

Your one stop shop for textbooks, school supplies, SRU merchandise, and much more!

Come, browse, relax, enjoy our wide variety of books. Our shelves are organized and you'll appreciate our pricing policy. We also buy, sell, trade CDs & DVDs.

Main Point Books is a locally owned, independent bookstore, run by people who care about what you read. We have books for everyone in the family and a knowledgeable staff that can help you find the perfect gift. Stop by and check us out.

Deep in the heart of the enchanting and historical Brandywine Valley in Chester County, Pennsylvania resides one of America’s truly distinctive bookstores. Baldwin’s Book Barn is a five-story antiquarian bookstore housed in a rustic dairy barn built in 1822 by Quakers Brinton and Sarah Darlington.

2nd Reading benefits the local Senior Center. It's a great place to find affordable, used books, especially fiction and classics.

We are one of two secondhand bookstores operated by the West Chester Senior Center. Our stock consists of donated books from the community, and all sales benefit senior citizens in the West Chester community.